The man a Pierce County jury found guilty on four counts of murder on March 22 will be sentenced Friday.
by Karina Vargas, KOMO News Reporter Maleke Pate is seen in a Pierce County courtroom on the first day of his trial on Tuesday, March 5, 2024. Pate is charged with four counts of aggravated murder for allegedly shooting four people in Tacoma ’s Salishan neighborhood in Oct. 2021. Maleke Pate was found guilty of a quadruple murder in Tacoma in October 2021.
Pate allegedly killed Maria Nunez, 42, her son Emery lese, Nunez’s brother Raymond Williams, 22, and Williams’ girlfriend Natasha Brincefield, 22.During the March trial, prosecutors said Pate was a stranger who had no motive for violently killing the tight-knit family. “Gunned them down with no cause, no emotion- killed them, execution style,” Pierce County prosecuting attorney Sunni Ko said.
In response, the defense told jurors the state's case is made up of circumstantial evidence, and no firm proof of Pate's involvement in the horrendous crime. “You’re going to have to set aside the dramatic part of the story and the tragedy that exists here and do your job as jurors, which is to rule on the actual evidence you hear before you, and when you do, you’re going to end up coming back to the verdict of not guilty,” defense attorney Travis Currie said.
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